The aim of this study is to determinate primary pre-service teachers' attitude towards science and technology laboratory respect to the different variables such as gender, grade level, graduation type of high school. The study was carried out during spring semester of 2011 educational periods. The sample of the study consisted of 326 primary pre-service teachers at the Department of Primary Teacher Education in Faculty of Education at Artvin Coruh University. Survey methodology was used in this study. In the study, science laboratory attitude scale was used as a data collection toll. Primary pre-service teachers' responses to the scale were statistically analyzed according to some variables via SPSS 11.5 software. In the study, some parametric tests such as t-test; one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) based on p=0.05 significance level were used to clarify the significance of the differences on means. LSD test was used in order to determine source of the differences on means in ANOVA. At the end of study, there is not a significant difference between graduation type of high school and primary pre-service teachers' attitude towards science and technology laboratory, while there are significant differences between gender, grade level and their' attitude. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Huseyin Uzunboylu
